Justice / follow-up trade affairs adviser to the American Consulate in Baghdad, Iraq, in statements that the investments of the United States of America Direct in Iraq worth hundreds of millions of dollars and may amount to several billions
He added that Iraq needs investments of tens of billions of dollars, and confirmed that there was an opportunity today to invest in Iraq in several areas and in various economic sectors in spite of the difficult security situation in some other areas it. He pointed out that the investments of the United States of America did not at the level required in the last year as a result of the status quo there. These statements came on the sidelines of the "trade exchange between Iraq and the United Arab Emirates", which was launched recently in Dubai and is the official conference the first of its kind between the two countries. The Conference was attended by more than 140 Iraqi businessmen and people representing 400 international companies operating In the UAE, met to discuss the two investment opportunities in Iraq today. The company said international exhibitions of the Organization of the event that the conference aims to create an atmosphere that will allow for businessmen of the two countries converge and discuss investment opportunities and trade exchange and the possibility of making use of industrial growth is happening in Iraq. Focused words speaker in the conference on the aim of such a conference, which is an opportunity for the formation of a network of relations between businessmen in Iraq, the United Arab Emirates and lighting on the investment opportunities available in Iraq in various sectors, notably agriculture, power generation and information technology, construction and building, especially after the issuance of the investment law, the new Iraqi in October last year. He called Al Mamoun Alaloni, governor of Anbar, "investors and the private sector to seize the opportunities available today in Iraq, especially in the Anbar province, and learn from the experience in the UAE Activating the role of the private sector. He pointed out that Iraq was absent for a long time the international arena, and needs to use his energies diverse human, geographical and economic even regain its position. Alaloni He pointed out that the possibility of investment in all economic sectors in the province of Anbar, in agriculture and industry, cheese, milk, Allhomat, in the industrial areas where witness Anbar up many factories specialized in cement, ceramics, phosphate and various construction industries. The Anbar witnessed in the last year, launching 150 projects worth 180 million dollars had been disbursed by the development projects of which $ 96 million came from maintenance allocations. Undervalued Alaloni than the combined some of the media of exaggeration in the transfer news. He spoke Namir Jamil, head of the Anbar work on the economic and geographic factors and human resources available in Anbar, which is the third of the size of Iraq and has a population of over one and a half million people, and there are millions of Aldenomat arable land produced in the light of the provision of all the ingredients necessary for the initial development of this sector and investment. For his part, The Iraqi businessman Sadiq Fadel, Chairman of the Chamber, the American branch of Iraq, the goal of the American Chamber in Iraq is to improve the quality of relations between American companies and the private sector in Iraq, pointing out that the chamber American presence in Iraq is comprised of more than 400 member Iraqis, and to hand it independent of the American government-funded them. Ja'neh said of Baljit Vohra, chairman of the Economic at the American embassy in Baghdad that the United States has contributed a new investment law that was issued last October, also helped Iraq to join the World Trade Organization, which is making an effort to pay the economic wheel in this country and to promote investment opportunities in it. The full explanation Kilani, the former Finance Minister, the advantages of the new investment law, pointing out that paved the way for the private sector to take its role as actor on the Iraqi arena, and play an important role in attracting hard currency to Iraq with his mind on the anti-money laundering law to keep pace with international standards, as well as the new law, the issue of rent long-term, which has been modified from 30 years to 50 years, and the question of the rights of the Iraqi employment and labor. He pointed out that the law exempted for the time being the possibility of investment in the oil sector but said that he would discuss the issues within the sector A special law in the Iraqi Parliament because it needs to be stability. He noted al-Salam, Deputy Director General for International Affairs and the Iraqi Ministry of Trade, Iraq's accession to the World Trade Organization, saying that it would open the markets of 150 countries in the world in front of Iraqi industries, which will prove to the world that Iraq has attractive investment climate. One speaker pointed out at the conference that the volume of trade exchange amounted to Iraq in 2005-five R. 46 billion dollars, and that the growth rate of GDP rose by 25% in 2004 and reached 6 R. 30% in the year 2005. He pointed out that the most important trading partners of the strategic Iraq is the United States of America and Italy and Spain.
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